Ep. 187: Michael Shannon Directs: Eric LaRue, a premiere at the Tribeca Festival

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I spoke with Michael Shannon who’s become an indelible actor in film, on stage, and on television. Now Shannon has directed his first feature film, Eric LaRue, which is in this year’s Tribeca Festival. It’s based on a play by a longtime collaborator of his, Brett Neveu, who wrote the film’s screenplay. The story is about a woman and her husband who are dealing with the terrible aftermath of their son’s actions. Shannon talks about directing the film; casting Judy Greer and Alex Skarsgard as the parents; what the Theater of the Absurd means to him; and a fascinating movie he has coming up down the road called The End, directed by Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing). (Shannon also appears in The Flash, opening in theaters this week.)

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Music: “Monserrate” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets

Photo by Steve Snodgrass